According to the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition, the definition of a civil war is a "war between political factions or regions within the same country." That is exactly what is going on in Iraq, not a global war on terrorism, as the President continues to portray it.At the moment we are barely able to support the U.S. military in Iraq. Other dangers are getting more important, such as the nuclear threat by Iran.
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The ethnic and religious strife in Iraq has been going on, not for decades or centuries, but for millennia. These particular explosive hatreds and tensions will be there if our troops leave in six months, six years or six decades. It is time to re-deploy our troops and to re-focus our attention on the real threats posed by global terrorism.
As for terrorism, al Qaeda and bin Laden haven't been heard from for nearly a year. The recently active terrorists have all been people recruited largely because of Bush's unnecessary invasion of Iraq. Bush has created,recruited and trained more terrorists who consider America the enemy than he has ever prevented. American needs to get out of Iraq and lick its wounds while letting the crap Bush has created die down a bit.
Then we need to redouble our efforts to go after the real enemies of America.
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